Pakistan Housing Tenure Mix, 2023

Pakistan households by residential tenure status; %, 2023.

What the Data Shows

This composition describes housing tenure across Pakistan’s households in the 2023 census. The six categories reconcile to 38,292,556 households. Owned homes were the largest category at 81.9%, ahead of rented homes at 11.9%. Non-government housing was the smallest category at 0.1%.

Data table

Unit: % · Period: 2023

RankEntryValuePeriod
1Owned home81.9%2023
2Rented home11.9%2023
3Rent-free home4.2%2023
4Government housing1.0%2023
5Other tenure0.9%2023
6Non-government housing0.1%2023

Sources

Source 1: Pakistan 7th Population and Housing Census 2023

Publisher: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics

Dataset/table: Residential status, ownership gender and rooms by region

Units: households

Date checked: 2026-07-18

Evidence: Supports the residential status, ownership gender and rooms by region values used in this statistic.

Data notes & caveats

Residential tenure describes occupancy status and does not identify property value, mortgage status or individual ownership shares.

Methodology

Each tenure category is divided by the national household total under the same census coverage.

Source consistency notes

All six segments use the same census release, 2023 period, household basis and denominator.

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